THE SEQUEL
(to the time-honoured transaction)
She should have asked for the promise
to be put in writing,
then her chances, we surmise,
would be better than fighting,
and the headlines would have screamed: AMAZING,
BLONDE BESTS SALES-SLICK MEN OF DOUBLE GLAZING!
MISCHIEVOUS MYSTERIES
Why does Tarzan have a beard when he lives
in the jungle without a razor?
Why do we press harder on the remote control
when we know the battery is flat?
Why do banks charge for insufficient funds
when they know there aren't enough?
Whose perverse idea was it to put an 's'
in the word lisp?
Why do people say they slept like a baby
when babies wake up every two hours?
Do married people really live longer than single ones
or does it just seem longer?
Why do people pay to go up tall buildings
and put money in the binoculars to view things
on the ground?
Why does canine Goofy stand erect while canine
Pluto remains on all fours?
If quizzes are quizzical, what are tests?
